Wednesday, January 26, 2011

This is the fourth in a series of six posts dedicated to Bloom’s Taxonomy: Teaching Higher Order Thinking Skills with Interactive Online Content. Three previous posts on remembering, understanding and applying can be viewed here, here and here.

Level Four: Analyzing

This level includes the skills of examining, investigating, and comparing. Students are asked to explain patterns and meaning and to examine information for details and main ideas.

Students conduct a probability experiment by drawing colored balls from a tub. Students compare the theoretical results to the experimental results and determine how the number of trials in an experiment affects that relationship. (NOTE: You must register for a StarrMatica Free Trial to view this resource. Once logged in, choose Probability from the Index and select the Experimental Results link.)

To learn about more activities for analyzing and to discover resources for remembering, understanding, analyzing, evaluating, and creating, sign up for StarrMatica’s free Webinars: Bloom’s Taxonomy for K-2 and Bloom’s Taxonomy for 3-6: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

About Me

Emily Starr started integrating online interactive content in her classroom instruction six years ago, and teaching with technology has been her passion ever since.

Emily left her fourth grade teaching position in 2005 to found StarrMatica Learning Systems. With Emily as company President, StarrMatica has grown to be a leading provider of interactive reading and math content and professional development for schools implementing interactive whiteboard technologies.

StarrMatica is one of District Administration's Top 100 Products of the Year for 2010.

Emily has been awarded Iowa’s Spotlight on Technology in Education Award, The Prometheus Award for Innovation in Education, and the Neal Smith Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

Emily shares her interactive content integration expertise with fellow educators at state ed-tech conferences and workshops, through online articles, and via two blogs.